Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
KF Barrington (ENG)	1964-1965	5	7	2	508	148*	101.60	-	-	2	2	0	54	2
RW Barber (ENG)	1964-1965	4	4	0	290	97	72.50	111+	87.38	0	4	0	24	1
KC Bland (SA)	1964-1965	5	10	2	572	144*	71.50	-	-	1	4	0	55	10
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1965-1965	2	2	1	71	66	71.00	-	-	0	1	0	4	1
CC Hunte (WI)	1965-1965	5	10	1	550	89	61.11	-	-	0	6	0	-	0
DN Sardesai (IND)	1964-1965	6	11	3	475	200*	59.37	-	-	2	1	1	62	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1964-1965	8	13	2	653	203*	59.36	423+	46.57	3	1	0	53+	1
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1964-1965	7	11	1	586	153	58.60	-	-	3	2	0	87	2
CG Borde (IND)	1964-1965	7	11	2	522	109	58.00	-	-	1	4	1	75	1
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1965	5	10	2	459	137	57.37	313+	68.37	1	4	1	62	2
ER Dexter (ENG)	1964-1965	5	7	1	344	172	57.33	-	-	1	1	1	49	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1965	10	19	1	1007	201	55.94	68+	70.58	3	4	0	75+	0
EJ Barlow (SA)	1964-1965	5	10	0	558	138	55.80	244+	56.55	1	4	1	62	0
Khalid Ibadulla (PAK)	1964-1965	2	4	0	206	166	51.50	-	-	1	0	0	20+	0
AJ Pithey (SA)	1964-1965	5	9	0	462	154	51.33	122+	18.85	1	2	0	43	2
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1964-1965	4	7	1	301	102*	50.16	-	-	1	1	0	35	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1965	5	8	2	298	117	49.66	284+	25.70	1	2	0	30	0
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1965	9	14	1	635	143	48.84	155+	53.54	2	3	0	43+	0
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1964-1965	5	6	1	240	122*	48.00	3+	0.00	1	1	2	34	0
BK Kunderan (IND)	1965-1965	1	2	1	48	36	48.00	-	-	0	0	0	8	0
JM Parks (ENG)	1964-1965	5	6	1	238	108*	47.60	-	-	1	1	1	24	1
Mohammad Farooq (PAK)	1965-1965	3	2	1	47	47	47.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	9	0
BK Shepherd (AUS)	1964-1965	3	4	1	140	55	46.66	144+	68.05	0	1	0	13+	0
Salahuddin (PAK)	1965-1965	3	4	2	93	34*	46.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
WM Lawry (AUS)	1964-1965	10	19	3	741	210	46.31	132+	45.45	1	4	0	42+	3
RB Kanhai (WI)	1965-1965	5	10	0	462	129	46.20	-	-	2	2	1	-	3
MJK Smith (ENG)	1964-1965	5	6	0	257	121	42.83	-	-	1	0	0	26	1
PJP Burge (AUS)	1964-1964	4	7	1	246	80	41.00	-	-	0	3	1	25+	1
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1964-1965	8	15	1	568	172	40.57	148+	70.27	1	3	0	38+	1
TL Goddard (SA)	1964-1965	5	10	0	405	112	40.50	-	-	1	3	0	39	3
BF Butcher (WI)	1965-1965	5	10	0	405	117	40.50	-	-	1	1	0	-	1
JR Reid (NZ)	1965-1965	10	18	0	723	128	40.16	-	-	1	5	1	64+	13
GS Sobers (WI)	1965-1965	5	10	1	352	69	39.11	-	-	0	2	0	-	1
TR Veivers (AUS)	1964-1964	5	8	1	272	88	38.85	140+	74.28	0	3	2	26+	3
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1964-1965	6	9	1	306	74*	38.25	0+	0.00	0	2	1	5+	2
SM Nurse (WI)	1965-1965	4	8	0	291	201	36.37	-	-	1	0	1	-	0
Hanumant Singh (IND)	1964-1965	7	11	2	319	94	35.44	-	-	0	3	3	53	1
JHB Waite (SA)	1965-1965	2	2	0	70	64	35.00	-	-	0	1	0	4	0
BW Sinclair (NZ)	1965-1965	7	12	1	385	130	35.00	-	-	1	1	1	18+	0
BR Taylor (NZ)	1965-1965	6	11	3	275	105	34.37	-	-	1	1	0	22+	5
Abdul Kadir (PAK)	1964-1965	4	8	0	272	95	34.00	128+	27.34	0	2	2	6+	0
RW Morgan (NZ)	1965-1965	9	16	0	541	97	33.81	-	-	0	5	1	45+	0
IR Redpath (AUS)	1964-1964	3	5	2	101	40*	33.66	-	-	0	0	1	5+	0
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1965-1965	7	12	2	335	151*	33.50	-	-	1	2	1	46+	0
TW Jarvis (NZ)	1965-1965	5	9	1	263	77	32.87	-	-	0	2	1	31+	0
DA Allen (ENG)	1964-1965	4	3	1	62	38*	31.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	7	0
GT Dowling (NZ)	1965-1965	8	15	1	434	129	31.00	-	-	1	2	4	42+	0
BA Davis (WI)	1965-1965	4	8	0	245	68	30.62	-	-	0	3	0	-	0
Mohammad Ilyas (PAK)	1964-1965	7	13	0	396	126	30.46	35+	25.71	1	2	0	11+	2
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1964-1965	8	14	4	302	61	30.20	107+	69.15	0	2	0	7+	2
SF Burke (SA)	1965-1965	1	2	1	30	20	30.00	-	-	0	0	0	1	1
JS Solomon (WI)	1965-1965	4	8	2	179	76	29.83	-	-	0	1	2	-	1
Majid Khan (PAK)	1964-1965	4	5	0	147	80	29.40	-	-	0	1	1	0+	0
BN Jarman (AUS)	1964-1964	3	4	0	112	78	28.00	61+	54.09	0	1	1	13	1
BC Booth (AUS)	1964-1965	10	15	0	418	117	27.86	98+	58.16	1	3	3	15+	1
AH McKinnon (SA)	1965-1965	2	2	1	27	27	27.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	4	0
RO Collinge (NZ)	1965-1965	7	8	2	160	54	26.66	2+	0.00	0	1	0	14+	2
MA Seymour (SA)	1964-1964	2	3	1	53	36	26.50	-	-	0	0	0	4	0
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1964-1965	7	13	0	336	66	25.84	-	-	0	3	3	50	1
G Thomas (AUS)	1965-1965	5	8	1	178	61	25.42	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1964-1965	8	11	5	152	45*	25.33	1+	100.00	0	0	2	0+	0
FM Engineer (IND)	1965-1965	4	7	0	175	90	25.00	-	-	0	1	0	28	1
DJ Sincock (AUS)	1964-1965	2	2	1	24	17*	24.00	21+	33.33	0	0	0	1+	0
AW White (WI)	1965-1965	2	4	1	71	57*	23.66	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1964-1965	8	14	1	303	52*	23.30	44+	36.36	0	2	1	15+	0
NI Thomson (ENG)	1964-1965	5	4	1	69	39	23.00	0+	0.00	0	0	1	9	0
DT Lindsay (SA)	1964-1965	3	6	1	114	50	22.80	-	-	0	1	0	14	0
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1964-1965	7	9	1	177	75	22.12	-	-	0	1	2	22	0
RF Surti (IND)	1964-1965	3	5	2	66	21	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	7	0
GE Vivian (NZ)	1965-1965	1	2	0	44	43	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	7	1
BE Congdon (NZ)	1965-1965	7	14	0	307	57	21.92	-	-	0	1	1	11+	4
Javed Burki (PAK)	1964-1965	8	15	1	303	63	21.64	240+	31.66	0	2	2	7+	0
JL Hendriks (WI)	1965-1965	4	7	2	102	31*	20.40	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
JW Martin (AUS)	1964-1964	3	5	0	101	39	20.20	-	-	0	0	1	11+	2
FJ Cameron (NZ)	1965-1965	6	7	4	59	27*	19.66	1+	0.00	0	0	2	5+	0
CC Griffith (WI)	1965-1965	5	9	2	134	54	19.14	-	-	0	1	1	-	2
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	1964-1965	7	9	6	57	18	19.00	-	-	0	0	0	0+	1
RA McLean (SA)	1964-1964	2	4	0	75	30	18.75	-	-	0	0	0	4	2
TW Cartwright (ENG)	1965-1965	1	2	1	17	9	17.00	-	-	0	0	0	2	0
WW Hall (WI)	1965-1965	5	9	1	133	37	16.62	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
PM Pollock (SA)	1964-1965	5	6	2	66	20	16.50	93+	19.35	0	0	0	4	0
MJ Macaulay (SA)	1965-1965	1	2	0	33	21	16.50	-	-	0	0	0	1	0
SN McGregor (NZ)	1965-1965	2	4	1	49	37*	16.33	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
GD Varnals (SA)	1964-1965	3	6	0	97	23	16.16	-	-	0	0	0	9	0
SA Durani (IND)	1964-1965	6	10	0	157	34	15.70	-	-	0	0	0	16	1
V Pollard (NZ)	1965-1965	7	12	1	168	43	15.27	-	-	0	0	1	27+	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1964-1965	5	10	0	146	27	14.60	166+	22.28	0	0	0	3+	0
PB Truscott (NZ)	1965-1965	1	2	0	29	26	14.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
Naushad Ali (PAK)	1965-1965	6	11	0	156	39	14.18	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
SG Gedye (NZ)	1965-1965	1	2	0	27	26	13.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
BW Yuile (NZ)	1965-1965	7	13	3	134	42	13.40	-	-	0	0	2	4+	0
JT Ward (NZ)	1965-1965	5	7	3	53	35*	13.25	-	-	0	0	2	9	0
LC Mayne (AUS)	1965-1965	3	5	3	26	11*	13.00	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
Shafqat Rana (PAK)	1964-1964	1	2	0	24	24	12.00	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
JT Murray (ENG)	1965-1965	1	2	1	12	8*	12.00	-	-	0	0	0	1	0
PI Philpott (AUS)	1965-1965	5	6	0	71	22	11.83	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
Arif Butt (PAK)	1964-1965	3	5	0	59	20	11.80	49+	38.77	0	0	1	0+	0
IM Chappell (AUS)	1964-1964	1	1	0	11	11	11.00	30	36.66	0	0	0	2	0
ATW Grout (AUS)	1964-1965	7	9	0	95	35	10.55	0+	0.00	0	0	2	1+	0
RC Motz (NZ)	1965-1965	7	11	1	104	31	10.40	-	-	0	0	4	11+	1

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]